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Weltner, a handsome, fiercely independent lawyer of distinguished Southern lineage (his great-grandfather, Gen eral Thomas R. R. Cobb, wrote the Confederate constitution and was killed at Fredericksburg), personified "the new breed" of Southern Congressman -and was proud of the label. Elected to Congress in 1962 as a result of a court-ordered redistricting that gave his Atlanta district a 25% Negro vote, Weltner, in his first major House speech, indicted Southern white leaders who, he charged, "have stood by, leaving the field to reckless and violent...
After Lafayette's scoring drive in the opening game, Harvard cornerback Bill Cobb tightened up more quickly, but neither he nor fellow cornerback Buzz Baker have faced the challenge of a balanced offensive attack this year...
...himself primarily a commentator and reporter. Leaving his desk work to others, he went to Paris to cover the Versailles Peace Conference and earned a Legion of Honor with his dispatches. Then, in 1923, he left Louisville for New York and got a job as editorial writer for Frank Cobb's World. In 1927, just when Walter Lippmann took over as editor of the World, Krock moved to the Times as a member of its editorial board...
Linebackers Matt Donelan and Don Chiofaro did their darndest to fill the gaps, and overworked cornerback Bill Cobb moved in tighter after the Lafayette touchdown...
Even with Boxing Gloves. Oliva's haphazard style would have horrified Perfectionist Cobb. It terrifies opposing pitchers. "Where are you going to pitch the guy?" asks California's Dean Chance. "Earlier this year I jammed him and he hit the ball into the rightfield seats. So the next time I went outside with him and he hit the ball 350 ft. into the leftfield stands." Twins Manager Sam Mele says, "I think the kid could hit wearing boxing gloves," predicts that Oliva may yet become the first big-leaguer to bat .400 since Ted Williams...